Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without

[redqueen]

This used to be a depression era slogan but now it's a 'The planet is dying! Stop buying anything new unless you actually NEED it' slogan.

Each year, we use all the earth can replenish in a little over 8 months.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/morgansimon/2023/08/02/why-earth-overshoot-day-is-the-most-serious-deficit-were-facing/

That thread on Temu... Fuck me.

[Faux pas]

1. Lol

my kids are tired of hearing that from me

[redqueen]

5. If they're teenagers maybe introduce them to Earth Overshoot Day

see if that gets them thinking differently about how much they need new things

[Faux pas]

17. My

kids are old kids. Just hoping all my brilliant suggestions sink in some day

[2naSalit]

2. That's been my...

General practice for decades.

[Bayard]

3. Definitely printed on your brain if you grew up as a poor kid

Most of my clothes were hand-me-downs, being the 4th kid in line.

[redqueen]

6. Yep for sure! But now it needs to be for everyone

Especially the people with discretionary income

[Coventina]

8. As a teenager, I told all my friends my clothes were from "Sacks"

(sacks of donations, which they were).

My real friends knew how poor my family was.

[Leghorn21]

4. Nice!! Never heard this, but I grew up in the Marine Corps and my father was a Depression-era farm boy, so

yeah, I buy my clothes and dishes and home decorations *ETC* at the thrift store, for sure!! Always have, always will!

Great slogan, thanks for posting, redqueen!

[redqueen]

7. It is my pleasure! Anything to fight the scourge of consumerism

[usedtobedemgurl]

9. Yeah, I saw your reply in that thread.

I use TEMU. I also use Walmart. (Which I never thought I would do). I haven’t worked in two years, due to an accident where someone rear ended me.

I don’t shop like a billionaire, or even a millionaire. I shop like someone who is broke and neds something like sponges for my dishes. I don’t go out and buy a BMW. I don’t buy an outfit in every color offered, or even in one color.

If I am buying something, I either need it or I am hired to buy something. (I am a mystery shopper) No one on that thread made it seem they are buying new stuff everyday. Not as far as I read, but I did read your comment about shopping like we are billionaires. So, buying a 12 pack of sponges is shopping like I am a millionaire? Move over Bill Gates. I think YTD I may have spent $10 at TEMU.

The OP said TEMU was a scam. A few people replied to that and said they bought from TEMU and have never had a problem. No one said they place orders daily or even weekly. No one boasted they spent thousands of dollars there.

Not sure why you are upset enough about poor people trying to afford stuff they need, that you did this post.

Maybe you are feeling the stress of the holiday season. If so, I hope your stress dissipates quickly. Whatever has caused you this must anger, I hope it goes away and you only feel happiness.

Take care, and have a Happy Thanksgiving.

[redqueen]

14. If it's a need that's one thing.

What causes this anger that I am disgusted by companies that seem to be actively trying to make things worse climate wise and imo they should not be in business

And then there's the undeniable fact that those low, low prices are made possible by exploitation.

Thanks and hope you have a happy thanksgiving too.

[Mr.Bill]

10. The planet will do just fine.

It is us who will die. We are just insects with a brain that is too big for our own good.

[redqueen]

15. No, we are taking out a bunch of other species first

We can at least work toward a better future for the ones we don't wipe out

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

19. You're overthinking this

The planet will indeed exist, with or without carbon-based life forms. It may be a hellscape where no current life form can survive, but the earth will still be here.

It's gonna take a lot more than us to change that.

[BaronChocula]

11. For my part

I had a pair of Croc flipflops I've had for 3 years break on me. I'm weighing trying to fix them before buying a new pair.

I've had friends convince me I should replace the television I bought in 2007 with a newer model though this one works fine, pretty much.

Earth will be a flaming ball and I'll still be washing out first-use paper towels.

I think we're the REAL conservatives and not the merchandise worshipping morons goose-stepping to the beat of capitalism.

[redqueen]

16. Yep, they're not conservatives they're off the rails

Nazis or white nationalists or evangelicals or whatever their excuse is.

[AllaN01Bear]

12. i live in a small (620 square foot) apartment. friends say i have too much stuff. if i buy any more , something else has

to leave. i once saw a article on the internet where in cuba , most people will squeeze the life out of things and then repurpose it for something else before it gives up the ghost.

[AllaN01Bear]

13. there was a magazine called upcycle magazine and it was out only several issues before the great depression

of 2009 killed it . also cuba after the collapse of old earth ussr called the special period of peace where the cubans cut their oil imports and made do with what they had . there is a pdf book but in spanish and i cant find it. when my dad was young , he was bound out on a farm and they made everything. my granddad had a medical lab and in the 20s they didnt have medical instruments r us they made everything.

[roamer65]

18. Coupled with free birth control, abortions, etc, etc

We just may cut it close.